acurrucar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corrugare (to wrinkle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akuruˈkaɾ/

Verb

acurrucar (first-person singular present acurruco, first-person singular preterite acurruqué, past participle acurrucado)

  1. (reflexive) to curl up because of the cold
  2. (reciprocative) to snuggle
    Los dos se acurrucaron en la cama.
    Both of them snuggled on the bed.
  3. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to make somebody squat
    Los acurruqué para que se estuvieran quietos.
    I made them squat so they'd stay there.
    estar acurrucado
    to be squatting
    Estoy acurrucada porque estoy cansada.
    I'm squatting because I'm tired.
  4. (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to squat
    Se acurrucó para esperarlo.
    He squatted to wait for him.

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.

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